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Industry Approaches 2016 with Momentum

According to the 2016 State of the Industry survey conducted annually by CI Research and NSCA, an impressive 41 percent of surveyed integrators say their 2015 revenue is up between 6 and 20 percent while nearly 10 percent are seeing upwards of 20 percent growth. About one-third say revenue is flat in 2015, and only 16 percent are down more than 5 percent.

InfoComm, in its AV Definition and Market Definition & Strategy Study that it produces with Acclaro Growth Partners, is seeing similarly modest growth. Globally, the study projects 11 percent growth in 2016, but growth in Asia “will be significantly higher” than in other markets, says InfoComm executive director David Labuskes.

In North America, growth will fall more in the 3 to 5 percent range. That’s a function of the maturity of those markets in terms of technology, he says, adding that InfoComm’s economic snapshot was “very optimistic” for the last quarter of 2015.